The system could strengthen into a hurricane and may impact Bermuda, while Hurricane Erin continues to create dangerous swimming conditions at the Jersey Shore

Meteorologist Brian Slocum wrote on X on Thursday: "The Atlantic is getting active apart from Hurricane Erin. A third area of tropical interest has been identified by the National Hurricane Center. The disturbance on the left has the best chance of becoming the next tropical depression this weekend."

The National Hurricane Center is watching two areas of interest in the Atlantic, one of which could become Tropical Storm Fernand this weekend. Here’s what you need to know.

Erin was a Category 1 hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday morning Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Erin is the fifth named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2025. Follow our coverage here.

We are watching two systems behind Erin. One, south of Bermuda, is likely to become Tropical Storm Fernand this weekend.

A disturbance in the Atlantic following Hurricane Erin is now expected to track northward, National Hurricane Center data shows.

The storm’s long-lasting and drastic impact caused significant damage to the North Fork Reservoir, which serves Asheville and other parts of Buncombe County. The boil water notice was lifted on Nov. 18, nearly two months after Helene’s Sept. 27 landing.

Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to New England as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea. The storm was forecast to cause possible coastal flooding into the weekend along the East Coast but was also expected to gradually lose strength.